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You are here: Home / That's freakin hilarious / American Idol Sanjaya fever – Call centers keeping him? Video spoofs!

American Idol Sanjaya fever – Call centers keeping him? Video spoofs!

April 5, 2007 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment

I have a word for Sanjaya… UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE. Maybe that’s three words? I’m to the point where I either need to stop watching (my mother in law did after they booted Chris off last season) or start pulling for this kid to win. There are a bunch of theories as to why he’s winning, my two favorite are Vote for the Worst and the idea that Indian call centers are swinging the vote his way. “Vote for the Worst encourages you to have fun with American Idol and embrace its suckiness by voting for the people who the general public and the producers are rooting against. We rally behind one choice so that we can help make a difference and pool all of our votes toward one common goal.” The Indian call center theory, which I even mentioned to my wife prior to hearing about it on the net, has the most sizzle. Some claim that it’s impossible because of time zone differences, not being aired live, and the voting period being in prime “call center” business hours. But then again Wikipedia says this so maybe it could be possible:

  • American Idol is broadcast to over 100 nations outside of the United States, including many with their own version of Idol; however, it is not a live broadcast and may be tape delayed by several days or weeks (excluding Pakistan, India, Israel, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates in which it is also aired live).
  • And this: International networks broadcasting American Idol – In India it airs live on Star World.

Yet another theory could be that the AI honcho’s are purposely keeping him on there (real votes be damned!) because… well let’s face it, America loves hating watching train wrecks… that’s why we watch the first few weeks of AI anyway. The shows probably getting more ratings because of him being there!

The best thing to come from all of this… free comedy. Every body is jumping on the Sanjaya bandwagon:

  • Sanjaya Anthemhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAT27LhkQ-4
  • Sanjaya on Weekend Updatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXQ7bi8kFs
  • Talk Soup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZQVDRj4XA

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. Karthik says

    April 5, 2007 at 8:49 am

    AI cannot be broadcast LIVE in India. Everything is time-delayed and the fact that in India, AI is being played on another network (Star World) besides the one it actually comes from (Fox) should hint at that. Star World on its website claims that the show is broadcast live, but its online programming guide proves otherwise.

    Here is the link to the post that proves it.

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